Sabres recall Pysyk, Makarov

by jmaloni

Submitted

Tue, Apr 8th 2014 01:00 pm

Luke Adam
assigned to Rochester

The Buffalo Sabres today announced the
team recalled defenseman Mark Pysyk and goaltender Andrey Makarov from
the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League on an emergency
basis. The team also announced it assigned forward Luke Adam to Rochester.

Pysyk (age 22, 6'1", 193 lbs.) joins the Sabres
for his second recall of the year and third stint in Buffalo this season after
beginning the 2013-14 season with the team. He has appeared in 42 games with
the Sabres this season, recording six points (1 goal, 5 assists). While playing
with the Amerks in 2013-14, Pysyk has notched 12 points (1/11) through 27 games
played.

Since being drafted by the Sabres in the first round
(23rd overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, he has played in 61 career NHL
games over two seasons, tallying 11 points (2/9).

Makarov (age 20, 6'1", 180 lbs.) joins the
Sabres for his first career NHL recall after being signed by Buffalo as an
undrafted free agent in 2012. Since being recalled by the Amerks from the ECHL
on March 17, Makarov has appeared in six games for Rochester, posting a 3-3-0
record and registering a 2.70 goals-against average and .912 save percentage.

Prior to joining the Amerks, Makarov played in 31
games with the Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL) this year, posting a record of
15-11-2-2 with a 2.79 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage in his
first season of professional hockey. Last season, he played in 61 games with
the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League, posting a record of
37-17-2-3 with a 2.62 goals-against average, a .919 save percentage and seven
shutouts, and was named the Outstanding Goaltender for the 2013 Memorial
Cup. In 115 career WHL games with Saskatoon, the Kazan, Russia, native
went 66-38-3-4 with a 2.80 goals-against average, a .916 save percentage and
nine shutouts.